Andrea Aldrich is a PhD student in the Political Science Department. Her lecture will explore whether the institutionalization of the European Parliament has led to an increase in supranational party power that reflects representation on a higher level than the national party. It seeks to determine when and to what extent supranational parties are able to influence individual Members of Parliament on issues of European integration and concludes that the strength of party influence varies across groups in accordance to party size, ideological preference and access to power.